Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1887-01-14
THIRD EDITION.


ne Tsashsrs' Inssltuss.
After the opening exercises yesss rday
morning 81 Q O'Clock, DIR. French, OF
Rochestsr, New York. addressed the
Institute ON "CiaEs Management" for
half IN hour, after which Professor A.
y. Frye, Of Hyde Park, Aassschusetts,
addressed the Institute ON "Physicsl
Geography" DR.. A. N. Rsub, OF
Newark, Del, uscd the time up TO the
noon recess In . very interesting I'D.
dress on "6pellipq." He announced
that he held Q challenge from twelve
teachers In New Castle County to fpsll
against any twelve persons not engaged
IN teaching.
He said the ordinary mechanic used
only 800 words in his conversation, the
ordinarily well educated man /, 0c0 and
the best educated scholars about 800,
and each class had knowledge Of from
1900 toll 900 more which they ought
% know how to spell. He wrote tven y
words upon the biack board and offered
prize 70 any one who would pronouncs
them eli correctly. Nobody accepted
the offer.
DR.. Rapb's time having expired, DR..
French offered y Webster's unabridged
dictionary to the best speller in the In.
.stitute. Wallace Bruce, the witty leo
turer Of the evening before, made few
remarks, after which the institute took
a recess until Q O'Clock.
AFTERNOON sxssIoS.
Promptly at Q o'clock nearly all the
teachers were In their places, and Su-
peiintendent Williams calling 10 order,
introduced Mre. Florence T. Boss, OF
McClellandsville, Del, who read rae,
spicy witty essay upon 1.-THE &ythicnl
Schoolma'am;" she drew O vivid aud
truthful description of old time scbsol
teachers, and compared them with tes-
cheers OF modern times, her com parisonH
being received with approving smiles
OF pleasure. Professor Raub then re
sumed bis interesting talk on spelling.
He said common nouns are the most
difficult words In the English language
to describe and define. A child should
understand the full definition of all the
words they spell.
In teaching spelling by the writing
method he would have the children uee
script instead of printed text ~ the
most satisfactory. Composition, he said !,
should be taught with spelling. Tho
habit OF having scholars spend n week
writing a short paper on . topic they do
In failure. He would havo children
compose st ptences In classes, or between
recitations, which shall coz tain the i'm
portans words met with in the course
OF their les sons. Text books should bs
used In teaching spelling. Professor
Raub closed his interesting remarks by
the relation Of o number Of hrmorou.
examples OF bad spt ling that had come
under his office, and show Ing the neces-
sity Of greater attention being paid TO
spelling.
"How TO criticise children" formed
the subject for an interesting talk FROM
Thomas M. Ballet, superintendent q
public schools OF Beading, Pa. Prof
Ballet has evidently given this su bjec.
great deal of attention. Criticism,
he said, was not, ~ many supposed, for
the purpose OF showing the scholars how
many faults they have. He opposed
the old method Of having a child read
portion from . lesson ard then have
the rest of the class offer all manner OF
objections to 1t. This makes the reader
30 timid that be will be sure to make
more mistakes. Reading should no. he
taught for the purpose Of making ar
orator out Of the reader; that should he
left to the schools Of oiatory. Care
y
child by severe criticism For instance,
suppose should ask one OF you ladiee
to come MP here on the platform and
should say: NOW don't blush, don't
be embarrassed, don't feel uneasy" dc
yon suppose any one VI you could help
feeling en- barraased? Vel RENE y Der
that chidrtn are . gresl deal more Gen.
sitiye about these things than You ARE.
Professor A Il. Frye tbsn speLt a
bali hour in bis plan for teaching ele
mentary geography. He favored tskiug
the class out in the field, where they
could see the formation OF hills noun
tains, valleys, brooks, rivers and oceans
W iih nature az q great text book. If
this could moi be done he favored the
bringing Of nature into the school room
as far I'd possible.
Mr.. Frye then produced a box with
South America formed in 1t with sanQ
He showed how he would form noun
tains, hills sDd valleys out of tand and
trace the course Of rivers and brooks.
He would teach the children about
their own immed late nejghborhood
which they could Aee, and from that he
would Lead them out to take in in nsvi.
CATION: the county, State, continent Ard
the world hey DAD.
Professor w. A. Reynolds, OF this
otsv. then made an address on etymolo
e., Ia which he gave the Lain ord
Greek soeis Of mary Of the words now
In common use.
superintendent Williams then ap-
pointed the following committees:
On resolutions expressing the sepse Of
the Institute on the death Of Thomas s.
Robinson: Herman Besay, Mrs. L 8.
Pratt, Mrs., Wiihelnina Meg oIdy, NJ ita
Mary g. Williams and Miss Alice
Mercer.
On Neorolo2y-Mr. A. d. Lyman,
miss Kate Henry and Miss sept!ha Val
entine.
The Institute then adjourned until
o'clock FridGy morning.
THE EvENIFG ENTERTAINMENT.
CONTRARY to expectation only a small
audience occupied the seats NJ 8 O'Clock
to enjoy the evening entertain N emit, not
withdrawing the rare and rich treat
that had been provided.
The small audience, however did not
detract in the least from the m erits OF
the entertainment. Miss Cannon sung
Just az sweetiy as II the house had beer
crowded, and Frank Beard, the sketch
chrome artist, or chalk talker, pros need
sketch after sketch; the audience
laughed, and all who were present en-
joyed Themselves, except the conduc-
tors Of the IuBtitute, who saw in The
small audiences at their entertainment 10
o poor prospect Of meeting expsusee.
The only hope to meet the expe nses W Il
BIS in q la ge House to- night to hear TIE